On 23/05/2008, at 2:21 PM, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > Amd64 platform currently has no options to change the primitive > 80x25 mode > text console as VESA is not supported. > > I would REALLLY like to see better frame buffer support in FreeBSD > > Sam Fourman Jr. This becomes increasingly important as we move away from BIOS based machines. New systems will be using EFI 2.0/2.1 spec and as such support the Graphics Output Protocol which is set to replace the functionality that currently exists with VGA hardware and its corresponding video BIOS. The Graphics Output Protocol provides the EFI OS loader access to a hardware frame buffer and enough information to allow the OS to draw directly to the graphics output device.Received on Fri May 23 2008 - 05:13:20 UTC
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